Women and doctors : a physician's explosive account of women's medical treatment, and mistreatment, in America today and what you can do about it / John M. Smith.
Publication details: New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, c1992.Description: xiii, 241 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 087113523X
- 9780871135230
- WA 309 S642w 1992
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Book Closed Access | Health Sciences Library | WA 309 S642w 1992 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | MBAL22066219 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-241).
Contents
1. The health-care problem for women and America :
1. Women in the context of the national picture ;
2. The experience for women in the system ;
3. The behavior of doctors in general ;
4. The miscasting of males as gynecologists ;
5. Women effecting change
2. Real patients, real stories :
6. The marketing of an operation ;
7. Better left alone ;
8. More than a uterus at stake ;
9. An equal-opportunity disease ;
10. A small mistate ;
11. Conspiracy of the brotherhood ;
12. My patients never ask about sex ;
13. A harsh judgment ;
14. One of the best
3. Empowering women :
15. The training of a gynecologist ;
16. Choices of health-care providers ;
17. Obstetricians and midwives ;
18. Looking for Doctor Right
4. Information and advice :
19. When a hysterectomy? ;
20. Postoperative complications ;
21. Pap smears ;
22. Tumors, cysts, and masses ;
23. Common cancers: cervis, breast, and uterus ;
24. Contraception ;
25. Sexually transmitted diseases and vaginal infections ;
26. Endometriosis and menstrual cramps ;
27. Infertility ;
28. Abnormal bleeding and D and C ;
29. Menopause ;
30. Premenstrual syndrome.
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